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Benjamin Leroy Miller Papers, 1894-1944
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0013
Abstract
The collection includes correspondence to (and carbons of replies from) Prof. Miller, and also includes mounted newspaper clippings, diaries and photographs of his South American trip in 1915 and diaries of his trip around the world in 1937, plus his daily personal diaries from 1891 to 1913 and from 1929 until his death in 1944.
Dates:
1874-1944; Majority of material found within 1907-1944
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Harvey Bassler Papers, 1900-1968
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0019
Abstract
Correspondence, handwritten and also edited transcription of diaries and records of the donation of his personal library of Harvey Bassler, who was a geologist for Standard Oil Company in Peru, from 1920-1932. Included are the diaries and other notes he took on his field trips in Peru, an edited copy of the diaries and the duplicated compilation of the diaries written by Bradford Willard in 1965-1966, as well as much personal correspondence during the period. Also included is a list of the...
Dates:
1900-1968; Majority of material found within 1926-1939
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Letters to George F. Kunz From Lehigh University Personnel 1885- 1919
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0182
Abstract
The collection of letters over a quarter century deal with a diverse range of mineralogical topics from Lehigh University personnel in “letters to Kunz” replying to George F. Kunz queries. The letters originated mostly from Lehigh University personnel answering inquiries from George F. Kunz regarding topics on analyses of coal, gold, copper, aluminum, precious stones and pearls. George Frederick Kunz was a very well-known, self-taught gemologist who was for most of his career a...
Dates:
1885 - 1919
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections